凯伦（梅丽尔·斯特里普 Meryl Streep 饰）是一个爱慕虚荣的富家女，为了得到一个男爵夫人的称号她离开故土丹麦远嫁东非肯尼亚，然而男爵夫人的称号并没有给凯伦带来美满的婚姻生活。幸运的是在那片广袤的土地上，凯伦可以经常外出打猎、探险，她渐渐的爱上了这片神奇的土地。 在一次打猎遇险时，凯伦邂逅了年青的英国贵族邓尼斯（罗伯特·雷德福 Robert Redford 饰）。在遭遇婚姻的破裂和丈夫出走之后，凯伦独立承担起经营庄园的任务，在劳动的过程中，凯伦渐渐的与种植园里的仆人们产生了深厚友谊，而她与邓尼斯的关系似乎也有了进展。然尔命运之神并没有从此让凯伦一帆风顺，一次大火让她不得不出卖庄园从而缓解经济的拮据，后来邓尼斯驾机意外身亡又一次给了她沉重的打击。在经历了生命的磨炼之后，凯伦最终告别了那片她洒下青春和热情的土地……
该片在1986年的第58届奥斯卡上荣获了包括最佳影片、最佳导演、最佳改编剧本在内7项大奖。

根据David Lodge同名小说改编的BBC6集电视剧。

父母早亡的简爱（苏珊娜·约克 Susannah York 饰）寄住在舅舅家，舅舅病逝后，她受尽舅妈的歧视和虐待，最终被送进孤儿院。教规严厉的孤儿院让简爱继续受到精神和肉体的摧残，为了离开这里，她登了广告去谋求家庭教师职位。桑菲尔德庄园聘用她作男主人罗切斯特先生（乔治·C·斯科特 George C. Scott 饰）女儿的家庭教师。罗切斯特先生长年在外，空旷的房子阴森悚然。当脾气怪异的罗切斯特先生回来后，他对待简爱的态度时好时坏，但很显然他被清新独特的简爱所吸引，简爱也在与他的多次接触中渐渐爱上了他。在一次盛大家庭宴会中，罗切斯特向她求婚，简爱答应了他。正在婚礼举行时，有人指出罗切斯特早已结婚，古堡顶楼小屋里的疯女人正是他的妻子。伤心失望的简爱离开了庄园，历尽磨难寻找新出路，最终在牧师约翰的帮助下找到了一个乡村教师的职业。当牧师约翰向简爱求婚时，她依然无法忘怀罗切斯特，便拒绝了约翰，立刻赶回桑菲尔德庄园，却发现庄园已被烧成废墟……

薛德里和母亲一起住在纽约一条僻静的小街上，过着平静安宁的生活。突然有一天，一名不速之客打破了这平静。薛德里被告知要到遥远的英国去继承一个古老的爵位，而现任伯爵是一个自私而冷酷的人。随着时间的推移，老伯爵冰冷的心被天真可爱的薛德里感化，但更大的危机却又出现在他的面前……

Corin Redgrave presents a portrait of his father, Michael Redgrave, exploring his personality, nature and what he was like as a father. He uses family photographs and letters and his father's diaries and autobiography, and produces a picture of a complicated and troubled man who was bisexual, a heavy drinker and emotionally distant and cold as a father. Includes contributions from Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, as well as Harold Pinter and Diana Menuhin. Also contains clips from several of Michael Redgrave's films.

She created one of the most indelible images ever brought to the big screen as the wily Southern survivor Scarlett O'Hara. Vivien Leigh's rise to fame and subsequent faltered steps are detailed in Hollywood Remembers: Vivien Leigh -- Scarlett and Beyond. Leigh began her career with the role that earned her an Academy award. Competing with such names as Bette Davis and Tallulah Bankhead, the British starlet rose quickly through the ranks to become a much-respected actress. She married fellow legend Laurence Oliver in a partnership that lasted 20 years. Throughout her career, Leigh assumed role after role that garnered her much praise. She became Anna Karenina in 1948 and Blanche Dubois from A Streetcar Named Desire three years later. Despite her successes, Leigh battled tuberculosis and mental illness constantly. She suffered miscarriages and underwent electric shock therapy. In the end, the viewer is left with an impression of talent and distinction contained in one of the most luminous careers of all time.

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《表演》是西蒙·柯蒂斯（Simon Curtis）为英国广播公司（BBC）制作的英国电视剧集。于1991年10月5日至1998年3月21日期间，BBC2台共播出26集，几乎全部是经典/当代戏剧，包括安东·契诃夫的《万尼亚舅舅》、亨利克·易卜生的《玩偶之家》和《赫达·盖布勒》、路易吉·皮兰德罗的《寻找作者的六个角色》、威廉·莎士比亚的《李尔王》和特伦斯·拉蒂根的《深蓝之海》。

Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady Randolph Churchill, and gave birth to Sir Winston Churchill in this seven-part, seven-hour biographical mini-series.